#5AA9DC#5AA9DC

#5AA9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.108 H 239.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AA9DC
RGB	rgb(90, 169, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 23.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -9.40, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 34.41, 254.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0554 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.108 239.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3178, 35.7140, 72.9393)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AA9DC #DC8D5A

analogous

#5ADCCE #5AA9DC #5A68DC

triadic

#5AA9DC #DC5AA9 #A9DC5A

tetradic

#5AA9DC #CE5ADC #DC8D5A #68DC5A

square

#5AA9DC #CE5ADC #DC8D5A #68DC5A

split-complementary

#5AA9DC #DC5A68 #DCCE5A

monochromatic

#216B9B #2C8ECD #5AA9DC #8CC3E7 #BFDEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#5AA9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#5AA9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AA9DC

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AA9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AA9DC	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aa9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 169, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.108 239.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c2e7',
    500: '#5aa9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aa9dc;
$custom-light: #93c2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aa9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70523,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 239.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AA9DC

secondary

#E2C4B0

accent

#5F19CD

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FC

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AA9DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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